linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/13] dt-bindings: i2c: nomadik: add timeout-usecs property bindings

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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2024 10:17:46 +0100
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
To: Théo Lebrun <theo.lebrun@...tlin.com>,
 Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
 Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@...nel.org>,
 Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
 Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>,
 Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>,
 linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org,
 devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-mips@...r.kernel.org, Gregory Clement <gregory.clement@...tlin.com>,
 Vladimir Kondratiev <vladimir.kondratiev@...ileye.com>,
 Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com>,
 Tawfik Bayouk <tawfik.bayouk@...ileye.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/13] dt-bindings: i2c: nomadik: add timeout-usecs
 property bindings

On 16/02/2024 10:16, Théo Lebrun wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On Fri Feb 16, 2024 at 3:27 AM CET, Rob Herring wrote:
>> On Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 05:52:08PM +0100, Théo Lebrun wrote:
>>> Expose I2C device timeout configuration from devicetree. Use µs as time
>>> unit and express it in the name.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Théo Lebrun <theo.lebrun@...tlin.com>
>>> ---
>>>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/st,nomadik-i2c.yaml | 5 +++++
>>>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/st,nomadik-i2c.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/st,nomadik-i2c.yaml
>>> index 16024415a4a7..e6b95e3765ac 100644
>>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/st,nomadik-i2c.yaml
>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/st,nomadik-i2c.yaml
>>> @@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ properties:
>>>      minimum: 1
>>>      maximum: 400000
>>>  
>>> +  timeout-usecs:
>>
>> Use standard unit suffixes.
>>
>> We already have at least 2 device specific timeout properties. This one 
>> should be common. That means you need to add it to i2c-controller.yaml 
>> in dtschema. GH PR or patch to devicetree-spec list is fine.
> 
> i2c-mpc (fsl,timeout) and i2c-gpio (i2c-gpio,timeout-ms). I agree this
> prop has no reason to be compatible-specific.
> 
> Feedback from dt-bindings and I2C host maintainers would be useful: what
> should the property be named? Having the unit makes it self-descriptive,
> which sounds like a good idea to me. timeout-usecs, timeout-us, another
> option?

It must have an unit. That's not negotiable for new properties.

Best regards,
Krzysztof